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May 8, 2020

METHUEN, MA – To Executive Director Tracy Valletti, the frontline and healthcare associates working at Methuen Village Assisted Living have always been heroes, but as communities rally to show their appreciation of essential workers, this senior community is celebrating their team in new ways. Earlier this month, associates arriving for their shifts were treated to…

April 16, 2020

METHUEN, MA — With Assisted Living Communities and Nursing Homes restricting visitors, Methuen Village found a creative way for families to spend at least part of Easter with their loved ones. On Easter Sunday, family and friends decorated their cars with paint, balloons and signs and drove around the senior community in an “Easter Car…

January 13, 2020

Merrimack Valley’s oldest female veteran, 98, looks back on service, life METHUEN — From a well-worn armchair in the Methuen Village retirement home, 98-year-old Theresa Skorupka smirked about the rebellious teenage decision that shaped her life. During a time when her classmates were disappearing from school to join the workforce — including her three sisters…

December 11, 2019

METHUEN, MA — It was just a short ten years ago that Methuen Village Assisted Living & Compass Memory Support opened its doors to local seniors. It was the area’s first community of its kind, offering both assisted living and a renowned memory care neighborhood on the same campus. Today, the community which is located…

October 9, 2019

July 9, 2019

When we last checked in, longtime Methuen auto detailer Keith Burdin was closing his shop after 30 years to change careers, even if he wasn’t sure exactly where that would lead. We have an update. On March 28, he closed Keith Burdin Auto Detailing on Pine Street, then sold the business to Auto Spa Car…

July 7, 2019

Six Methuen Village Assisted Living residents who are living with dementia and/or Alzheimer’s disease recently experienced a relaxing day getting to know three horses at Ironstone Farm in Andover, courtesy of its Equine Therapy program. “Touch Therapy, as it is called, is a relatively new form of therapy that I was interested in providing to…

September 3, 2018

Monday, July 30th, Methuen, MA – Each year, The Mother Connection, a local non-profit, holds a Backpack Drive for the YWCA of Northeastern Massachusetts. This year, residents at Methuen Village Assisted Living (pictured above) helped fill 50 backpacks with donated school supplies. This program serves over 300 school-age children between the ages of 6 and…

March 28, 2018

Methuen Village Assisted Living Residents recently took a trip to Worcester to deliver donations that will be brought to children living in Brit’s Home, an orphanage in Haiti. Collections for Be Like Brit Foundation Inc. began earlier this year, and donated items included toiletries, cake mixes for children’s birthday celebrations, canned chicken and tuna, batteries and…

February 13, 2018

Residents at Methuen Village Assisted Living took a trip to Haiti in spirit, learning about the country’s culture through the Grab Your Passport program. The day was also used as an opportunity to raise money for the Be Like Brit Foundation, Inc, which was formed in memory of Britney Gengel, a Massachusetts college student who died in…